François Barois (1656–1726) was a French sculptor. Barois was born and died in

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. While residing at the

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he produced a copy of the Kallipygian Venus for King

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, working on it from 1683 to 1686. His '' Cleopatra Dying'' was his

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for the '' Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture'' in 1700; it is now in the

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.Barois: ''Cleopatra Dying''
] Three more of his works are also now at the Louvre: ''Spring'' and ''Authumn'' (

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figures) and '' Pomona''. Barois was among the large team of sculptors delivering decorative vases and other sculptural elements for the

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External links

''Cleopatra Dying'', by François Barois
Louvre website *
Works by François Barois on the Louvre collections database
1656 births 1726 deaths 17th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 18th-century French sculptors Artists from Paris 18th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub